Beneficial Finance Corp Ltd v ABW Nominees Pty Ltd & Johnson

Judgment date: 16/05/1996
Court: FCA
Judge: Drummond J
Citation: BC9602186;
Catchwords: Agency;  Principal and agent;  Constructive notice;  Exceptions to constructive notice;  

Trade and commerce;  Trade practices;  Misleading or deceptive conduct;  Quantity surveyor's estimate of cost of construction project;  

Negligence;  Duty of care;  Breach of duty;  Duty of quantity surveyor to give honest opinion;  

Negligence;  Duty of care;  Breach of duty;  Certifications issued by quantity surveyors;  

Negligence;  Causation;  Determination of causation;  Whether chain of causation broken;